Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,551, Samuel Goff, Conn.

SERVICE
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Goiff, Samuel
S. 36551
CONTENTS
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36 551
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File No. 36,551
Sammel Goff Pr. Rev. No.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 477
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Connecticut Roll.
1062
Samuel Goff, 4 Capt Darrow Private, Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of June 1818 and sent to Stephen Titus Hosmer, Esq. Middletown, Conn t .
Arrears to 4th of Sept r . 1818.
Service Warranting
4 months 24/30. $38.40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
3 Years 77
Chatham, Middlesex Co.
enhanced on this Roll under the Act of the 1 st May 1820
Notified as sent to John Fish Esq r 5 July 1820
Middletown Conn t .

112
Lam. Goff
Chatham
No 1062.
ipd. 30 June 1818.
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State & District of Connecticut ss-
On this 21 st day of June 1820 personally appeared Joseph Goff son of Samuel Goff aged 93 Years of Chatham in Middlesex County in said State in open Court Before the adjourned County Court held at Middletown within and for said County on the 20 th day of June 1820 - the same being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of common Law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount Resping a Record of its proceedings, having power of Fine and Imprisonment said Joseph being duly cautioned and sworn on oath declares that he to the said Joseph is the son of said Samuel who is a Pensioner of the United States who is insane and who was placed on the pension list by virtue of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 - that he the said Joseph believes said Samuel made a declaration on the 11 th day of April 1818 - and obtained a certificate under the hand of the Secretary of the Department of War that he (said Samuel) is placed on the Pension List bearing the No 1,062 - That the said Joseph have now the care & guardianship of his Father Joseph Goff -

Schedule of the aforesaid Samuel Goff's Property annexed to the declaration and oath above made and taken before the court aforesaid —
1 Table 50 cts 2 old Chests 1.00 2 old Chairs 25 cts 1.75
Joseph Goff
I do further swear that the number of my said father's family residing with me is one & one his wife Mary Goff aged 80 years borne down with the infirmities of age — and that my said father and his said wife are totally unable to support themselves — and that my said father is by occupation a Farmer —
Joseph Goff
Sworn to and declared on the 28 th day of June 1820 Before the court of common Pleas for Middlesex County
John Trull Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Middlesex County, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath & Schedule annexed are truly copied from the Record of said Court & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the P. Court that the total amt in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is One Dollar & Seventy five Cents — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the P. Court this 21 st day of June 1820.
John Trull Clerk of P. Ct.

Leopold
[Faint, mirrored handwriting, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

I Samuel Goff of Chatham, County of Middle- sex, & State of Connecticut do testify; That I served in the Revolutionary army in the war of the Revolution about Six years; That I enlisted as a private, in the month of January One Thousand, Seven Hundred & Seventy Seven in the Company commanded by Capt. Darrow in the Regiment com- manded by Col. Frederick Huntington, in the 2 d Brigade in the Connecticut Line for Three years; That I immediately joined the army and served in said Company until the expiration of said Three years, when I was discharged & duly from the Service, but my discharge I have lost;
I further testify, that I am wholly destitute of property, and that by reason of my advanced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support, further South not
Chatham April 11 th 1818. Sincerely
his Mark X Goff
A. State of Connecticut, Chatham April 11 th 1818.
Before me Stephen Titus Hosmer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appeared Samuel Goff, the signer of the foregoing deposition, an enlightened and said Chatham & made so- lemn Oath to the truth thereof.
S. Titus Hosmer

I Abner Cole of Chatham, in Mendocino County, & State of Connecticut do testify, That I am well acquainted with Samuel Goff the sign of the preceding Deposition and have been since before the Revolu- tionary War; That I was a Sergeant in the Regiment commanded by Col. Jeremiah Hanchett - then, & afterwards and Brigadier the Service, I know and declare that the said Samuel served as a Soldier in said Regiment about a year, but the length of time for which he enlisted, & which he served I cannot ascertain.
I further testify, that he is a poor man wholly without property, &c.
Further Saith he —
Chatham April 11 th 1818. Abner Cole
B. State of Connecticut, p. Chatham April 11 th 1818.
Before me Stephen Fitch, Wosmer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appeared Abner Cole of Chatham, the sign of the pre- ceding Deposition, and made solemn Oath to the truth thereof. —
S. Fitch Wosmer.
C. I Stephen Fitch Wosmer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Conne- cticut, do certify, that it appears to my sa- tisfaction, that the said Samuel Goff dis- served in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration on the first page and that he is a poor man in reduced circumstances against the English enemy, & I now transmit

The proceedings and testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the act of Congress, Entitled, "An act to provide for cer- tain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolution- ary war!"
John Hosmer Connington, ss. Middletown April 20 th 1818.
I John Fisk Clerk of the Su- perior Court for the State of Con- necticut do hereby certify, That the Ho- norable Stephen Fitch, Attorney of Mid- dletown in the State aforesaid, is one of the Judges of the said Court, and that this name subscribed to the proceedings & cer- tificates marked A. B. C. is his proper hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the Seal of the said Court at Midle- town aforesaid, on this 20 th day of April 1818.
W. P. K. Clerk